# Fox in Women’s Clothing

- By: Shibata Gito (1780–1819)
- Date: c. 1800 - c. 1819
- Medium: paper, ink, dye
- Classification: hanging scroll
- Dimensions: diameter 29 mm
- Credit line: On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of C.S. Lechner, 1948)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-MAK-176--3a3d5743487f2f2647796fc226574342)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/9aa69025fe42acbc2ec5a9720ffb0b64.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In Japan, foxes have traditionally been attributed spiritual powers. Consequently, there are many Japanese legends about foxes assuming the form of a human. Gito worked out the upper part of the figure, but used only a few lines for the legs to indicate the fleeting nature of the apparition.